by Harriet Cohen | Apr 28, 2026 | accountability, business tools, Goals, self actualization
Everyone seems to be starting a business right now. According to a recent Korn Ferry report, over half a million people filed to start businesses in a single month—and the number of people calling themselves “founders” has surged. Sounds exciting. And it is. But...
by Harriet Cohen | Nov 23, 2025 | business tools, future planning, Leadership
Just like people are remembered for how they lived and treated others, businesses are remembered for how they served their customers. A founder’s values might be personal—but in a company, those values must be intentionally protected, or they’ll evaporate faster than...
by Harriet Cohen | Nov 23, 2025 | branding, customers, innovation, Inspiration, self actualization
Just as people are remembered for how they treated others, businesses are remembered for how they treated their customers. A founder’s true legacy lives in how leadership continues—or abandons—that philosophy as the company evolves. Before describing the legacies of...
by Harriet Cohen | Oct 12, 2025 | accountability, business tools
Why does it matter which word is used? Doesn’t it all come down to doing the right thing when needed? If you are in charge of the outcome of an event, you are accountable for it. If you are working on an event and arranging the details, then you are...
by Harriet Cohen | Jul 18, 2025 | bias, change, future planning, Goals
As I was looking at graphics for the previous article, I came across Rosie the Riveter. It is interesting in time of need women took over men’s jobs, maintained the homes and took care of the kids. Afte the war, someone decide women had to return to their old...
by Harriet Cohen | Apr 18, 2025 | business tools, innovation, Leadership
Replacing staff with AI programs is a complex decision that requires careful consideration of both short-term and long-term impacts. AI is not the panacea for everything. To assure better results as it is brought into organizations, make sure staff understand the...
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